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People, Passion, Places, Pain: ThrillerFest!

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Wednesday Thoughts People: A ton of them this week! Met new and legendary authors at ThrillerFest VII in NYC. Read a great wrap up of ThrillerFest here by Anthony J. Franze and Jenny Milchman. New being my fellow ITW Debut Authors such as Robin Gainey, Nancy Bilyeau, Brian Andrews, Amy Rogers, Amy Shojai, and Jeremy Burns - just to name a few of the 21 of us that presented our debut novel at the conference. See the full list of these rising stars here as reported by the Library Read more [...]

Marketing & Brand: Tips from Philly Writer’s Conf.

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Still hot writing business and craft tips to report on from the Philadelphia Writer’s Conference this month.  Here is more of what I learned during that weekend from a round of excellent presenters. Creating Your Brand and Marketing Your Work presented by Don Lafferty and Marie Lamba. ID your reader and market Are there special qualities, issues or setting in your book that appeal to certain groups? Hikers, teens, mountain climbers, veterinarians? Find those groups on Twitter and listen to their Read more [...]

More Hot Tips from the Philly Writer’s Conf: On Character

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Still lots of good stuff to report on from the Philadelphia Writer’s Conference June 3-5! More notes on character – presented by Gregory Frost, Author of ShadowBridge and many more works. Grab readers in your first para with the MC's voice. Create image of MC in our mind from the get-go. Don’t rely heavy on character description. We need their voice to build character in our mind. Don’t give reader everything in building character. Don’t stop the “movie” to explain. Avoid all urges Read more [...]

Hot WritingTips from the Philly Writer’s Conf: On Plot

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Kelly Simmons, Author of Standing Still & The Bird House on Plot Kelly gave us great ideas on how to prepare the plot of our book BEFORE writing it so we don’t get 80 pages in & have to re-write it all. On Plot: Ride the 7 C’s Combustion Coordination Conflict Characters Conclusion Completion Commitment Tip: Combustion and Coordination are most important Combustion Most plot problems from beginning. Creating a premise with such interesting characters and high stakes will Read more [...]